Gusts of wind carries the leaves
Across the lawn
And across the street
As I turn over in my mind
And go back to sleep.
Traveling far away
In time and space
Into a future past
Glimpsing into dreams
Gone without a trace.
A black car
Swerves down a highway
And a battered child
Slowly starves to death
Ten hidden horrors a mile
Just beyond our reach.
We can stare
Or we can look away
All that has happened
Or is happening
Behind closed doors.
But God knows
And God remembers
Every buried body
And every stilted dream.
Every sudden treachery
Long practiced in the head
And every savage beating
Among the living
And the dead.
Evil never rests
And evil never sleeps
Even when defeated
And even when chased.
Today they hide
And today they think
Unimpeded by morality
The masters of murder,
Deception and theft.
Begging for mercy
With a knife behind their back
Always ready to kill
For power
Or for money.
Pursue them down
Though they may cry
All of it an act
And all of it a lie.
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